Fishing-tackle device.



W. F. DARLING.

FISHING TACKLE DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 1919 Patented Mar. 4,1919,

A TTOH/VEYS WITNESSES UNITED sra'rns PATENT orrion.

WILLIS FOREST DARLING, or DERBY, NEW namrsnnw.

' FISHING-TACKLE DEVICE.

" To all whom it may concern: I

and the leader, hook or hooks,

Be it known that I, WILLIs F. DARLING, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Derry, State of 'New- Hampshlre, have invented a new and Improved Fishing-Tackle Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates toa fishing tackle and has to deal more particularly with a device adapted to be used between the fish line whereby certain novel effects are obtained.

The invention has for its general objects to provide an improved device which can be used as an automatic release for the sinker or weight when the fish makes a bite or strike; as a shock absorber so as to protect the hook, leader, line or rod from injuring or tearing the fishs mouth when a strike or bite is made, and as a spinner when no weight or sinker is used, so as to give the appearance of a butterfly, bug or other insect, the spinner having a regular rotary motion at high speed or an irregular rotation at a low speed and with a zigzag movement of the device.

A more specific object of the invention is the rovision of a fishing tackle device having a swivel connection both to the fish line and hook or leader, and which embodies an automatic release for the sinker under the weight or resistance of the fish and which provides a spring between the fish line and the hook to serve as a shock absorber, as above explained, the construction being of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction, reliable and eflicient in use, and of such design as to be of light weight and of small dimensions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a freely rotatable body attached to the fish line and hook and having means for detachably and independently fasteningblades thereto in a simple and effective manner so as to. use the device as a single or double blade spinner.

With such and'other objects in view, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March as, 1918. Serial No. 225,269.

in the countypf Rocking-ham and fitted in the Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

and wherein similar characters of reference lndicate corresponding parts in all the views, a

Figure l is a vertical section of the device W1th its parts in normal position and having a sinker attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the sinker released and just dropping off the device;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the device;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the head of the device on the line 4-4, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a'sectional view through the head of the device with the bladeslattached thereto; and c v Fig. 6 is a side view of Fig. 5."

Referring to'the drawing, 1 designates an ordinary fish line, 2 a fish hook leader, 3 the sinker or Weight, and 4 the cord thereof, all

I of which parts are connected with the device A, which constitutes the subject matter of the invention.

The device A comprises a head 5 which is hollow body or casing 6 as a plug with a considerable portion projecting out of the top. Attached to the upper end of the head is a swivel line 1 is connected. Extending longitudinallv' of the body '6 and guided in the apertured bottom 7 is a follower 9 having at its lower end a swivel 10 disposed outside the body, and the upper end of this follower slides in a central bore llnin the head 5, there being a shoulder -12 on the follower which engages the bottom or inner end of the head by virtue of the tension of a spring 13located in the body 6 with its upper and lower ends bearing respectively on the shoulder 12 and the bottom 7 of the body 6. This spring serves as a shock absorber when the fish bites, so that the line, rod and leader will be protected and the fishs mouth will not'be torn, itbeing understood that a pull 8, to which the fish on the hook or leader will cause the spring to be compressed, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby a yielding resistance is afforded to take up the shock.

The head 5 has a transverse passage 14, and the upper end of the'follower extends across this passage so as to constitute a locking bolt for holding the loop 15 on the sinker cord 4. It will thus be seen that the sinker is detachably connected with the fish line so that when the follower is pulled downwardl under the weight or resistance of the fish, the sinker will-be released from'the fish line,

which will permit the angler to have perfect freedom in playing and manipulating the fish. By suspending the sinker from the fish line by means of the device A, the hook or hooks are protected from catching on the bottom, the sinker riding freely on the botsignal to the angler when the hook is in danger of becoming entangled on the bottom without the fish line or leader becoming kinked or twisted, because of the swivel connection between the device A with the fish line and ieader.

The passage 14 the head 5 has another function, in that the spinner 'hlades B can be detachably applied to the device. This passage, as shown in Fig. 3, is of angular form, which feature is utilized for holding the blades B at a proper pitch. Each blade has spring-attaching members or hooks 16, and these are engaged in the corners of the passage 14: in the head, one member 16 of each blade being engaged in an upper corner at one side of the opening 14: and the other member of'the same blade being engaged in the lower corner at the opposite side, the blades being inserted in the head from opposite points. It will thus be seen that the blades are independently attached to the head and held in the proper position because the pair of attaching members of each blade tend to spring apart or are normally under tension, which eifectivel tends to hold them in the corners o the opening in the firmly head. When both blades are used the device operates as a high speed spinner, but when only one blade is used the device has a zigzag motion and revolves irregularly and at a lower speed. When spinner blades are by the said member.

used the fish hook is preferably attached to the tail swivel 10.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the princifile of operation, together with the device w ich I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims. 1

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. The combination of a fish line, a rotatable body connected therewith, a holder having a swivel connection with the body, and a sinker connected with the said body and automatically released therefrom by a ull on the bait holder.

2. he combination of a fish line, a device rotatably connected therewith, a spring-0pposed yielding member on the device, a bait holder connected with the member, and a sinker detachably connected with the device 8. The combination of a fish-line, a device connected therewith and having an opening, a yielding member mounted on the device and extending across the opening, a bait holder connected with the member, and a sinker cord extending into the opening and detachably connected with the device by the said member.

4. The combination of a fish-line, a bait holder, at sinker, and means connecting the sinker with the line and bait holder to release the sinker when a fish exerts a pull on the line by bein caught by the holder.

WILLI FOREST DARLING.

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